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The Marajoara or Marajó culture was an ancient pre-Columbian era culture that flourished on Marajó island at the mouth of the Amazon River in northern Brazil.In a survey, Charles C. Mann suggests the culture appeared to flourish between 800 AD and 1400 AD, based on archeological studies. [1]
Cylindrical vessel. Marajo island, Brazil, Joanes style, Marajoara phase, 400–1000 CE. The pottery tradition at Pedra Pintada in Brazil represents the oldest known ceramics in the Americas. [1] Dating back to 5630 BCE, this same tradition continued for 2500 years.
One of the most sophisticated kinds of Pre-Columbian artifact found in Brazil is the sophisticated Marajoara pottery (c. 800–1400 AD), from cultures flourishing on Marajó Island and around the region of Santarém, decorated with painting and complex human and animal reliefs.
The Marajoara culture flourished on Marajó island at the mouth of the Amazon River. [19] Archaeologists have uncovered sophisticated pottery in their excavations on the island. These pieces are large, elaborately painted, and incised with representations of plants and animals.
A teso is an elevated piece of land built with embankment, for protection in periods of flooding of the rivers (high tide), which flooded for several months in some areas of the island of Marajó. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 9 ]
The Island of Marajó in Brazil remains a major center of ceramic art today. [79] In Mexico, Mata Ortiz pottery continues the ancient Casas Grandes tradition of polychrome pottery. Juan Quezada is one of the leading potters from Mata Ortiz. [80] In the Southeast, the Catawba tribe is known for its tan-and-black mottled pottery.
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Marajoara culture, which flourished on Marajó island, at the mouth of the Amazon River, between the 5th and the 15th centuries, considered the group that reached the highest level of social complexity in precolonial Brazil. The museum has a vast assemblage of Marajoara pottery, notable for their heightened artistic and aesthetic sense, as well ...